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Todd Burns

Todd Edward Burns

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: July 6, 1963 in Maywood, CA
School: Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1988
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rangers/Cardinals 1988-1993

Final Game: September 17, 1993
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Tom Seaver… #4. Cy Young… #5. Christy Mathewson… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Tom Seaver… #4. Cy Young… #5. Christy Mathewson… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Randy Johnson…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1984	20	OAK-min	A-,A	6	2	.750	1.07	32	0	27	0	0	9	50.1	32	8	6	1	15	1	83	0	1	0			0.934	5.7	0.2	2.7	14.8	5.53	MED,MAD · NORW,MIDW
1985	21	OAK-min	A,AA	11	9	.550	3.27	24	23	0	6	4	0	145.2	125	61	53	8	53	0	102	3	0	12			1.222	7.7	0.5	3.3	6.3	1.92	MAD,HVL · MIDW,SOUL
1986	22	OAK-min	AA,AAA	7	8	.467	3.57	31	18	10	5	3	2	141.1	133	63	56	17	51	2	91	3	3	6			1.302	8.5	1.1	3.2	5.8	1.78	HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1987	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	3.55	55	0	37	0	0	7	91.1	76	40	36	7	33	5	84	1	2	3			1.193	7.5	0.7	3.3	8.3	2.55	HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1988	24	OAK-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.68	21	5	3	1	0	1	73.1	74	39	30	4	26	2	59	1	4	2			1.364	9.1	0.5	3.2	7.2	2.27	TAC · PCL
1988	24	OAK	AL	8	2	.800	3.16	17	14	3	2	0	1	102.2	93	38	36	8	34	1	57	1	6	3	425	121	1.237	8.2	0.7	3.0	5.0	1.68
1989	25	OAK	AL	6	5	.545	2.24	50	2	22	0	0	8	96.1	66	27	24	3	28	5	49	1	0	4	374	166	0.976	6.2	0.3	2.6	4.6	1.75
1990	26	OAK	AL	3	3	.500	2.97	43	2	9	0	0	3	78.2	78	28	26	8	32	4	43	0	0	5	337	124	1.398	8.9	0.9	3.7	4.9	1.34
1991	27	OAK-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	6.32	15	1	4	0	0	2	31.1	39	23	22	6	10	2	32	1	0	5	143		1.564	11.2	1.7	2.9	9.2	3.20	TAC,MOD · PCL,CALL
1991	27	OAK	AL	1	0	1.000	3.38	9	0	5	0	0	0	13.1	10	5	5	2	8	1	3	0	0	1	57	116	1.350	6.8	1.4	5.4	2.0	0.38
1992	28	TEX-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.55	8	7	1	0	0	0	42.1	32	15	12	3	13	0	16	0	1	1	169		1.063	6.8	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.23	OKC · AA
1992	28	TEX	AL	3	5	.375	3.84	35	10	9	0	0	1	103.0	97	54	44	8	32	1	55	4	0	5	433	100	1.252	8.5	0.7	2.8	4.8	1.72
1993	29	TOT	MLB	0	8	.000	5.08	49	5	13	0	0	0	95.2	95	57	54	14	41	9	45	2	3	3	419	81	1.422	8.9	1.3	3.9	4.2	1.10
1993	29	TEX	AL	0	4	.000	4.57	25	5	8	0	0	0	65.0	63	36	33	6	32	3	35	2	2	3	288	92	1.462	8.7	0.8	4.4	4.8	1.09
1993	29	STL	NL	0	4	.000	6.16	24	0	5	0	0	0	30.2	32	21	21	8	9	6	10	0	1	0	131	64	1.337	9.4	2.3	2.6	2.9	1.11
1994	30	SEA-min	AAA	9	6	.600	6.75	37	13	11	1	0	2	104.0	133	90	78	24	18	1	62	2	0	5	461		1.452	11.5	2.1	1.6	5.4	3.44	CGY · PCL
6 Yrs				21	23	.477	3.47	203	33	61	2	0	13	489.2	439	209	189	43	175	21	252	8	9	21	2045	111	1.254	8.1	0.8	3.2	4.6	1.44
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.477	3.47	58	10	18	1	0	4	141	126	60	54	12	50	6	73	2	3	6	589	111	1.254	8.1	0.8	3.2	4.6	1.44

OAK (4 yrs)				18	10	.643	2.81	119	18	39	2	0	12	291.0	247	98	91	21	102	11	152	2	6	13	1193	134	1.199	7.6	0.6	3.2	4.7	1.49
TEX (2 yrs)				3	9	.250	4.13	60	15	17	0	0	1	168.0	160	90	77	14	64	4	90	6	2	8	721	96	1.333	8.6	0.8	3.4	4.8	1.41
STL (1 yr)				0	4	.000	6.16	24	0	5	0	0	0	30.2	32	21	21	8	9	6	10	0	1	0	131	64	1.337	9.4	2.3	2.6	2.9	1.11

AL (6 yrs)				21	19	.525	3.29	179	33	56	2	0	13	459.0	407	188	168	35	166	15	242	8	8	21	1914	117	1.248	8.0	0.7	3.3	4.7	1.46
NL (1 yr)				0	4	.000	6.16	24	0	5	0	0	0	30.2	32	21	21	8	9	6	10	0	1	0	131	64	1.337	9.4	2.3	2.6	2.9	1.11

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1988	24	OAK	AL	102.2	17	14	38	3.33	4.22	0.09	0.10	96.0	4.06	8	0.9	1.8	-0.0	1.7	19	.553	.506	$62,500
1989	25	OAK	AL	96.1	50	2	27	2.52	4.38	0.11	-0.28	95.6	3.81	13	1.5	1.6	0.2	2.5	24	.529	.509	$100,000
1990	26	OAK	AL	78.2	43	2	28	3.20	4.31	0.69	-0.25	94.5	3.19	0	0.0	1.2	-0.1	0.6	9	.501	.500	$235,000
1991	27	OAK	AL	13.1	9	0	5	3.38	4.59	0.12	-0.35	93.5	3.86	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	2	.508	.500	$325,000
1992	28	TEX	AL	103.0	35	10	54	4.72	4.29	-0.31	-0.03	98.1	4.48	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.5	9	.492	.498	$345,000
1993	29	TEX	AL	65.0	25	5	36	4.98	4.73	0.04	-0.15	97.3	4.42	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	0.1	4	.486	.498	$575,000
1993	29	STL	NL	30.2	24	0	21	6.16	4.52	-0.11	-0.35	101.8	4.36	-7	-0.7	1.7	-0.3	-0.7	-3	.472	.496	$
6 Seasons				489.2	203	33	209	3.84	4.38	0.09	-0.13	96.6	4.02	10	1.2	1.4	-0.6	4.9	62	.506	.501	$1,642,500

OAK (4 yrs)				291.0	119	18	98	3.03	4.31	0.26	-0.14	95.4	3.73	23	2.5	1.4	-0.0	5.0	53	.521	.504	$722,500
TEX (2 yrs)				168.0	60	15	90	4.82	4.46	-0.17	-0.08	97.8	4.46	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.3	0.6	13	.490	.498	$920,000
STL (1 yr)				30.2	24	0	21	6.16	4.52	-0.11	-0.35	101.8	4.36	-7	-0.7	1.7	-0.3	-0.7	-3	.472	.496	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/BB
1988	24	OAK	AL	WS	L	LAD	0.00	1	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0
1989	25	OAK	AL	WS	W	SFG	0.00	2	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	7	1.200	5.4	5.4	0.00
1990	26	OAK	AL	WS	L	CIN	16.20	2	0	1.2	5	3	3	2	1	12	4.200	27.0	10.8	0.00
3 Yrs (3 Series)							7.36	5	2	3.2	6	3	3	3	1	20	2.455	14.7	7.4	0.00
3 WS							7.36	5	2	3.2	6	3	3	3	1	20	2.455	14.7	7.4	0.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1984	20	OAK-min	A-,A	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MED,MAD · NORW,MIDW
1985	21	OAK-min	AA,A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		HVL,MAD · SOUL,MIDW
1986	22	OAK-min	AA,AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1987	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1988	24	OAK-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1988	24	OAK	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	25	OAK	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	26	OAK	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	27	OAK-min	AAA,A+	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC,MOD · PCL,CALL
1991	27	OAK	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1992	28	TEX-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1992	28	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	29	TOT	MLB	49	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1993	29	TEX	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	29	STL	NL	24	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1994	30	SEA-min	AAA	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CGY · PCL
6 Yrs				203	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

OAK (4 yrs)				119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (2 yrs)				60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				24	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				179	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				24	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1988	24	OAK	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$62,500	1
1989	25	OAK	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$100,000	1
1990	26	OAK	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$235,000	1
1991	27	OAK	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$325,000	/1
1992	28	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$345,000	1
1993	29	TEX	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$575,000	1
1993	29	STL	NL	24	4	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
6 Seasons				203	4	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$1,642,500

OAK (4 yrs)				119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$722,500
TEX (2 yrs)				60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$920,000
STL (1 yr)				24	4	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	IBB
1988	24	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	L	1	0
1989	25	OAK	AL	WS	SFG	W	2
1990	26	OAK	AL	WS	CIN	L	2
3 Yrs (3 Series)							5	0
3 WS							5	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1988	OAK	AL	24	P	17	14	2	102.2	14	3	11	0	1	1.000	1.23	0.82	.961	1.78	1.77	5	6	55%	31%
1989	OAK	AL	25	P	50	2	0	96.1	21	9	9	3	1	.857	1.68	0.36	.960	1.87	1.85	3	5	63%	31%
1990	OAK	AL	26	P	43	2	0	78.2	9	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.03	0.21	.953	1.78	1.76	1	2	67%	34%
1991	OAK	AL	27	P	9	0	0	13.1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	3.38	0.56	.956	1.82	1.80	1	0	0%	34%
1992	TEX	AL	28	P	35	10	0	103.0	14	5	8	1	1	.929	1.14	0.37	.953	1.72	1.71	1	7	88%	34%
1993	TOT	MLB	29	P	49	5	0	95.2	14	7	5	2	1	.857	1.13	0.24	.953	1.81	1.80	3	3	50%	35%
1993	TEX	AL	29	P	25	5	0	65.0	11	6	3	2	1	.818	1.25	0.36	.953	1.79	1.78	3	2	40%	36%
1993	STL	NL	29	P	24	0	0	30.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.88	0.13	.953	1.85	1.83	0	1	100%	31%
	6 Seasons			P	203	33	2	489.2	77	29	42	6	5	.922	1.30	0.35	.956	1.79	1.79	14	23	62%	33%
	6 Seasons			TOT	203	33	2	489.2	77	29	42	6	5	.922	1.30	0.35	.956	1.79	1.79	14	23	62%	33%

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 6 (1204), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
October 18, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
December 20, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
July 22, 1993: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Duff Brumley (July 30, 1993) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
September 20, 1993: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
February 1, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1988	24	Oakland Athletics	$62,500	12/13/88 NYT
1989	25	Oakland Athletics	$100,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	26	Oakland Athletics	$235,000	USA Today
1991	27	Oakland Athletics	$325,000	USA Today survey
1992	28	Texas Rangers	$345,000	11/4/92 Toronto Sun	Includes $20,000 incentives
1993	29	Texas Rangers	$575,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,642,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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